Tate Taylor prize money
Tate Taylor has been paid $10,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1593rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's 200 m, one of them a win.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
The payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 200 m | 1st | $10,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $10,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Tate Taylor on the money list
Ranks 1573 to 1613
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1573 | Hannah Nuttall | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1574 | Hicham Sigueni | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1575 | Ignacio Fontes | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1576 | Irine Chepet Cheptai | Women's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1577 | Jessika Gbai | Women's 200 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1578 | Jhon Murillo | Men's triple jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1579 | Jonah Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1580 | Josanne Lucas | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1581 | Lauren Fleshman | Women's 5000 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1582 | Lauren Wells | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1583 | Liina Laasma | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,000 |
| 1584 | Marta García | four disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1585 | Matthew Wilkinson | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,000 |
| 1586 | Mikhail Akimenko | Men's high jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1587 | Noah Kibet | Men's 800 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1588 | Olha Zemlyak | Women's 400 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1589 | Pavel Shalin | Men's long jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1590 | Pieter Conradie | Men's 400 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1591 | Rutger Smith | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1592 | Stephanie Twell | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1593 | Tate Taylor | Men's 200 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1594 | Yadisleidy Pedroso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1595 | Yasemin Can | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1596 | Zhang Mingkun | Men's long jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1597 | Amandine Brossier | Women's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1598 | Attila Molnár | Men's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1599 | Benjamin Gföhler | Men's long jump | - | $9,750 |
| 1600 | Elizabeth Bird | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $9,750 |
| 1601 | Kate Dennison | Women's pole vault | - | $9,750 |
| 1602 | Neil Gourley | two disciplines | - | $9,750 |
| 1603 | Ninon Chapelle | Women's pole vault | - | $9,750 |
| 1604 | Noélie Yarigo | two disciplines | - | $9,750 |
| 1605 | Aleec Harris | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1606 | Antonina Krivoshapka | Women's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1607 | Bianca Williams | Women's 200 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1608 | Brittany Borman | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1609 | Fancy Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $9,500 |
| 1610 | Fionnuala McCormack | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1611 | Georg Fleischhauer | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1612 | Haftamnesh Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1613 | Hanna Titimets | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tate Taylor is 1593rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $10,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Tate Taylor most
Prefontaine Classic 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Letsile Tebogo, Makanakaishe Charamba, Courtney Lindsey, Bryan Levell, Zharnel Hughes and Sam Blaskowski.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tate Taylor won?
$10,000, which ranks 1593rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2026.
What is Tate Taylor's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 200 m at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Tate Taylor gets paid?
Entirely by where he finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a win is worth the same in the men's 200 m as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
How many Diamond League meetings has Tate Taylor won?
One of one, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Tate Taylor earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. It holds no championship prize money, no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid him, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Tate Taylor is Stephanie Twell on $10,000, and one below Yadisleidy Pedroso on $10,000. Tate Taylor is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Tate Taylor has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.